Fractal river basins : chance and self-organization /

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Author / Creator:Rodríguez-Iturbe, Ignacio.
Imprint:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Description:xvi, 547 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2732310
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Other authors / contributors:Rinaldo, Andrea, 1954-
ISBN:0521473985 (hardback)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 525-539) and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. A view of river basins
  • 2. Fractal characteristics of river basins
  • 3. Multifractal characteristics of river basins
  • 4. Optimal channel networks: minimum energy and fractal structures
  • 5. Self-organized fractal river networks
  • 6. On landscape self-organization
  • 7. Geomorphological hydrologic response
  • 8. References